Residents in Greensboro are currently under voluntary water restrictions. Officials are urging everyone to do their part to save and conserve water. The western portion of our state is still under extreme drought conditions. Just 2 weeks ago…all 100 counties in North Carolina were experiencing some level of drought. http://www.ncdrought.org/
The High Point City Council voted in favor of non-sectarian prayer on Monday night. But the public is upset that the public comment portion of the meeting was held after the vote was taken. Mayor Becky Smothers said the council could revisit the issue after seeing how Forsyth County fares in its legal challenge with the ACLU on sectarian prayer.
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High Point Enterprise: http://www.hpe.com/index.php?Setup=highpoint&curDate=20070717&pageToLoad=showFreeArticle.php&type=art&index=01
Authorities say that a Virginia woman lost her life during an early morning accident yesterday on I-85 near Lexington. Carolyn Mills was traveling NB on 85 at a high rate of speed when she lost control of her car and crossed the median hitting a UPS truck going SB on 85.
http://www.the-dispatch.com/article/20070716/NEWS/707160334/1005
City officials are hoping that problems with crowding and safety at The Drop, a weekly downtown concert for teenagers, can be solved by moving it to the Dixie Classic Fairgrounds. http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173352023735
A powerful earthquake yesterday tipped over barrels of nuclear waste at a power plant in Japan. Officials are checking to see if there were any radioactive leaks. http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=2&storyid=1017
A man carrying a gun and declaring "I am the emperor" was shot by Colorado State police outside of the Governor’s office.
http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=1&storyid=1432
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. (which owns Fox News) has reached a tentative agreement to buy Dow Jones & Co., publisher of The Wall Street Journal for $5 billion dollars.
AND…IHOP will buy Applebee's for about $1.9 Billion dollars.
History was made this week when Karen Kingsbury, America's No. 1 inspirational author was awarded the 2007 Christian Book of the Year Award for her bestselling novel, Ever After.
http://www.karenkingsbury.com/
Thank you for helping WBFJ and Buckner International kick off the WBFJ “Shoes for Orphan Souls” shoe drive on Monday. It’s not too late. You can drop off new shoes for orphans at participating Christian bookstores through July 30th. http://www.buckner.org/
Sports:
-Greensboro Hoppers lose to the West Virginia Power…but did the Hoppers get another World Record yesterday afternoon??? The Hoppers will find out in a couple of weeks if they captured the Guinness World Record for the ‘Largest Water Pistol Fight’. Info: gsohoppers.com.
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Hot, hazy and humid…
Scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly during the afternoon…
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds…High near 90. (Rain…50%)
Tonight: Low 70 (Rain…50%)Wednesday: High 88 (Rain…50%)
Cooler temperatures (low to mid 80’s) and less humidity by the weekend.
